TY - BOOK AU - Bradley,Arthur AU - Tate,Andrew TI - The new atheist novel: fiction, philosophy and polemic after 9/11 T2 - New directions in religion and literature SN - 9780826446299 AV - PR 889 .B73 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - London, New York PB - Continuum KW - McEwan, Ian KW - Amis, Martin KW - Rushdie, Salman KW - Pullman, Philip, KW - McEwan, Ian, KW - Amis, Martin, KW - Rushdie, Salman, KW - Religion and literature KW - Atheism and literature KW - English fiction KW - 21st century KW - History and criticism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-132) and index; Ian McEwan's End of the World Blues --; Martin Amis and the War for Clich�e --; Philip Pullman's Republic of Heaven --; Salmon Rushdie and the quarrel over God N2 - 'The New Atheist Novel' is a study of a major new genre of contemporary fiction. It examines how Richard Dawkins's so-called 'New Athemism' movement has caught the imagination of four eminent modern novelists: Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and Philip Pullman ER -